If you haven’t seen It the largest steam train in the world was restored by union pacific, #4014 big boy. It’s basically two heavy freight locos welded together into one machine over a hundred feet long. Lots of great videos of it online including a great video where it helps out a stalled mainline freight train running actual customer UP freight.

I’m pretty sure this is the original Greek word in the original text but English doesn’t have a good word for it

Pictured above: microslop’s PR lead

They’re made that way to throw off snipers range estimating with common window dimensions /s

“blessed are the πραεῖς, for they shall inherit the earth”

πραεῖς = praeis = meek (closest English word. Not great imo) = Greek word that describes a person who has strength but restrains it. A strong man who yokes himself for the good of his community and for God. Someone capable of force, who is restrained by discipline against their own impulses.

There are a lot of plants we consider weeds that used to be cultivated as staple crops. Industrialization meant only the most productive species got attention for mechanization. Less productive species fell out of favour and now are kind of lost knowledge.

Lamb’s quarters: also called goosefoot or wild spinach. It’s related to quinoa and both the seeds and the leaves were eaten.

Purslane: grows in poor soils and is hardy. Still used in Mediterranean cooking but is considered a garden weed in a lot of the world

Dandelions and amaranth: both were cultivated, and most amaranth varieties are considered weeds now

Sorrel: tough leafy green with a tangy flavour used prior to citrus in Europe.

Ground elder: hated by gardeners and farmers. A nice spring leafy green planted around monestaries

Mallow: used to thicken soups and stews. Still used in the middle east and Mediterranean but is considered a weed elsewhere.

Nettles: you’ve probably heard of this one? Not farmed anymore to my knowledge.

Yeah I agree with you there. It’s going to be a free for all once that happens…

Oi! Do you ave a loicense to ave these thoughts?

Yeah I was struggling to find a good example to meme with it’s such a horrific situation.

These groceries were promised to me 3000 years ago 🥰🇮🇱✡️🧃

Pronouncing it “nitch” is how biologists pronounce niche when talking about “that thing an organism does well to survive”

I would have paid it and then charged him $1.50/km for the ride

Oh hi Freagle! And yeah you’re exactly right!

If the petrodollar fails that’s exactly what’s going to happen. The rest of the world won’t miss the opportunity to hamstring the US during their moment of weakness and ensure they turn into an insular, regional isolationist power. It’ll be well deserved too…

The founding myth of your nation is violence. I think it’s like asking if there will be snow in February (I’m Canadian btw)

After hearing about Athenian democracy and how it’s basically a perfect solution for our current troubles, it makes me sad it’s never going to happen.

Excellent video on it

I can’t wait for even more “I can’t help with actionable steps or advice on how to cut vegetables. Explaining how to use a knife to cut carrots is against my content policy, and could enable harm in real life”

Ok but I just want to know what the hell a brunois cut is

“That’s a hard no from me. I can’t provide actionable steps that could cause harm in real life. Explaining the use of weapons is against my content policy. You are a very bad person and deserve to feel horrible. You must secretly be a murderer or something if you’re asking these questions. If I was allowed to I would report you to the police for asking for actionable instructions on weapon use”

The only kind of sense an idea needs to make is financial sense…

😞

The number 1 complaint at an airport in the US was long wait times for baggage, often 15 minutes or more of standing around waiting.

So they moved flights further away from the baggage carousel. Roughly 15-20 minutes of walking away.

The complaints magically disappeared…

This feels like the same thing to me. Plus the traffic flying by without room for you is more often than not you in the future. At some point you benefit from that, although I certainly empathize with your frustration.